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GHSLA Members Publish Article

Congratulations to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Clinical Librarians Kate Daniels, MLIS, AHIP and Emily Lawson,MSLIS, AHIP for publishing an article on REDCap and data visualization in the journal Medical Reference Services Quarterly.

Daniels K, Lawson E. Enhancing Clinical Librarian Work Processes and Communicating Service Impact with REDCap and Data Visualization. Med Ref Serv Q. 2019 Apr-Jun;38(2):187-196. doi: 10.1080/02763869.2019.1588051. PubMed PMID: 31173566.

Abstract: Due to staffing changes, clinical librarians in a large pediatric health care system needed to streamline how user requests were received and how best to handle the shared workflow. This article describes how REDCap and SAS were implemented to improve the management of requests, capture comprehensive user statistics, and convey the value of the library services through enhanced reporting.

GHSLA Members Awarded Grant to Exhibit at Georgia Libraries Conference

Shannon Glover and Tyler Moses received an All of Us Exhibitor Award through the NNLM/SEA Funding Program to exhibit at the Georgia Libraries Conference, the annual joint meeting of the Georgia Library Association and the Georgia Association for Instructional Technology. This year’s meeting will occur October 9-11, 2019, in Macon. At the conference Shannon and Tyler will disseminate information about the All of Us program and how public libraries can support the initiative.

Accomplishments by Emory Librarians

Kimberly R. Powell co-authored “A bibliometric services workshop for subject librarians,” published in Library Management, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-03-2018-0014.

Hannah Rutledge published an article, “Diving into Data: Analyzing Information Requests to Understand Information Needs at a Pediatric Hospital,” in the Journal of Hospital Librarianship, DOI: 10.1080/15323269.2018.1509190.

Amy Allison completed a yearlong leadership program sponsored by the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries and the National Library of Medicine. In October she participated in a three day capstone program in Washington, D.C., and received a certificate of completion presented by Patricia Brennan, RN, PhD, Director of the National Library of Medicine.

Congratulations on these accomplishments!

GHSLA Members Present at 2018 SCMLA Annual Meeting

Heading to the Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association (SCMLA) annual meeting later this week in Orlando, Florida? Then be sure to check out the following presentations by fellow GHSLA members.

Thursday, Oct. 25th: 8am – 12pm

Activity: CE Course
Title: Transforming a Needs Assessment into a Marketing Tool
Presenters: Skye Bickett, Christine Willis

Friday, Oct. 26th: 2:15pm – 3:15pm

Activity: Poster F13
Title: Collaboration to Achieve Innovation
Presenters: Wanda Thomas

Activity: F19
Title: Library Opportunities for Increasing Engagement: Educating Users About Questionable and Predatory Publishing
Presenters: Carolann Lee Curry, Anna Krampl, Kim Meeks, Carolyn Klatt

Activity: Poster F25
Title: Credit Where Credit is Due: Authorship Among Systematic Review Service Librarians
Presenters: Shenita Peterson and Hannah Rogers

Julie K. Gaines Selected as Recipient of the 2018 Michael E. DeBakey Library Services Outreach Award

Congratulations to GHSLA member Julie Gaines who has been selected as the recipient of the Friends of the National Library of Medicine (FNLM)’s 2018 Michael E. DeBakey Library Services Outreach Award. Julie, MLIS, AHIP, is the Associate Professor and Head of the Medical Partnership Library at Augusta University and the University of Georgia. Julie will be recognized at the FNLM Gala on September 25th at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC.